The pontiff said the prayer from the Book of Matthew is asking God, "When Satan leads us into temptation, You please, give me a hand."

As Reuters reported, Francis said the Catholic Church in France had decided to use the phrase "do not let us fall into temptation" as an alternative and indicated that it or something similar should be applied worldwide.

"The Lord’s Prayer" is part of Christian liturgy and memorized at a young age by hundreds of millions of Catholics.

The prayer's current wording is a translation from the Latin vulgate, Reuters reported, which was translated from ancient Greek, which was translated from Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus.